I started collecting these things when they first came out, but now there's so many I was getting confused - so here's the checklist I created to keep track of 'em. Lemme know if there are any other variations or errors I missed!

has there been any word on wether corgi would get to reproduce the adam west batmobile?i asked corgi u.s.a. awhile back and they replyed as if they were tring to get the rights to do it as well as the movie batmobiles.i know my west batmobile is in dire need of an upgrade.

has there been any word on wether corgi would get to reproduce the adam west batmobile?

The rights to that design are tied up between George Barris (the customizer who built the car) Fox/Greenway and Warner/DC. No one, not even high end collectible manufacturers like the Danbury mint, has been able to get the parties involved to license the design since the original agreements were allowed to lapse.

Danbury Mint had actually taken orders on their car, which had to be refunded. Back when Johnny Lightning was doing Batmobiles and reissuing the old Aurora kits, one of their executives was quoted as saying getting an agreement was simply impossible.

After that, for 2007, there is a repaint line called the "Chassis Art Classics" that includes a repaint of one of the already issued corgi batmobiles and comes with a 4.00 figure based on the art on the bottom of the car. These might be packaged like the "silver" and "golden" age sets and have a higher price point than the regular cars (around $25-27)

Ah! here's the checklist. If the line is ending, then I need to figure out what vehicles I am missing and how many display cases I need to buy up in advance. I will try to get together a small pictorial on my nice, cheap display stands this weekend!

I only collected a few of these (a couple of the 1:18's and the cycles) but it's a shame this line is coming to an end, it was quality stuff, and I was certainly tempted to expand into collecting some of the smaller models too.

Guess we'll never see that Catcycle now either, which is a damn shame, I was looking forward to that.